Wed, 10 March 2010
Worcestershire Infrastucture Consortium
Business Support
The Business Support Hub aims to provide access to the appropriate information, advice and support needed, by new and existing voluntary and community sector groups and organisations, to develop and sustain high quality service delivery.The Business Support Hub meets bi-annually to determine the strategic direction of WIC’s business support service provision. A training sub-group meets approximately every six weeks to identify training needs and to jointly plan training provision.
How is support provided?
Our aim is to make our WIC member services as accessible as possible, both geographically and through different methods of delivery. Therefore you can access our services through one or more of the following ways:- One to one advice and support on a specific issue/s for your group or organisation, either fact to face, by phone or by email
- Online toolkits and self-help information sheets on a wide range of organisational issues
- Regular e-bulletins and newsletters including opportunities from funding to training, email us to let us know you want to be on our circulation lists if you are not receiving this information already;
- Network meetings to enable organisations to network and share knowledge, find the one that suits you best, either by your geographic location or area of interest, e.g. health and social care, mental health etc;
- Training and workshops, make sure you are on our email list to receive opportunities
WIC’s Business Support Offer
By contacting WIC member organisations (see our Home page for details) you can access information, advice and support across the county of Worcestershire.We endeavour to meet demand and to provide support as in depth as your organisation needs. We either provide this support at your first point of contact with one of our member organisations, or we signpost to the most appropriate support for you within the consortium, or we may signpost you to support outside of the consortium if we cannot provide it internally.
Like all Third Sector organisations, WIC members have limited resources and whilst we strive to provide our services free or at a subsidised rate, sometimes a particular service may not be available or may only be available at full cost.
Use this link for a full list of Business Support Services provided by the WIC members
Mark Herriott
Business Support Hub Chair
T: 01684 312752
E: markh@comfirst.org.uk
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